Category: Sighting

North Bank:- 1 Nightingale singing near the picnic area late morning.

North Bank:- Afternoon visit to picnic area – 1 Hobby seen, the attraction for the hobby was probably the huge numbers of mayflies on the wing in this area, also Swift, 6+ Swallow and a House Martin.
DAM END wall:- 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail also a Beautiful Demoiselle.

Sightings from the water DAM END: a pair of Hobby have been  hawking over the water around the picnic area on Monday &  Tuesday, Wednesday 15th seen over dam area.

Shore Line – NORTH BANK: 5 Greenshank, 1 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Coot, 4 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Tern,  WHILLET’S: 1 singing Lesser Whitethroat, also Small Copper bfly, 1 Roe Deer.

Late evening – WEST END: 1 Coot, 1 Mandarin, 56 Cormorant.

Whillet’s:- Ringing Whitethroats, Garden Warblers, Blackcaps, Chiffchaff, and Great Tits.

Other birds of note – Raven, Red Kite, Buzzard, Yellow Hammer, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher (single bird).

DAM END: Female Whinchat in the paddock briefly.

Morning visit – WEST END: 19 GC Grebe, 2 Common Tern at rafts, pair of Tufted Duck, 1 Coot, 2 Swallow, 1 Nuthatch, Treecreeper & Jay, Many young Grey Heron & Cormorant in heronry area.    Singing birds in WHILLET’S: 1m Yellowhammer, 2m Reed Bunting,  3+ Garden Warbler, 2+ Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Song Thrush. also 1m Orange Tip bfly, 2 Muntjac deer.

Dam End:- 1 Black Tern, 1 Arctic Tern, 7 Common Tern.

West End / Hide (about 18:30-19:00):- 4 Common Tern, Pied Wagtail, 12 Great Crested Grebe, several Cormorant, 6 Mallard, Kingfisher, 1f + 9m Mandarin Duck, several Grey Heron, several Swallow, 2 Magpie, several Great Tit, Blue Tit (using nest box above picnic table), 2 Long-tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Robin, several Blackbird, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Carrion Crow, several Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull.